Category Leadership Team Lead - Walmart

Job Description

The Category Leadership Team Lead is a strategic leader with superior leadership skills and a passion for lifelong learning. The Team Lead reports directly to the Zone Director of Category Leadership and leads a team of Category Advisors serving as a coach to empower the team to reach their full potential.

The Team Lead will also serve as a strategic advisor externally to a Senior Merchant team building a longterm strategy for growth. Internally the Team Lead will play a strategic role on a range of transformational initiatives and create innovative solutions to complex business issues. The Team Lead can guide a team to effectively leverage big data to harness unique shopper insights that propel category growth long term. The Team Lead achieves their business objectives by being a thought leader to our customers coaching the team to deliver outstanding category stewardship challenging the status quo streamlining operations strategically selling through unique insights in a captivating manner and delivering KPIs: Sales Profit Marke Share and Perfect Path to Purchase Distribution Shelf and Innovation. The Team Leaders ability to impact and inspire people to transform grow and deliver is what will ultimately make him/her successful.

Essential Functions & Responsibilities

Strategic Collaboration

Establishes trust and rapport with key customers SVPs/VPs to ensure we are their indispensable partner of choice for all their total store needs; meets on a consistent basis to discuss ideating scoping and partnering on strategic projects

Creates and implements breakthrough customer strategies to accelerate market share gains and profitable growth for our customers and KHC anchored in shopper insights

Identifies and proactively shares whitespace opportunities for category growth

Leads major customer engagements including customer strategy alignment and is a thought partner who secures new customer engagements that build resilient categories for the future

Accomplishes business objectives through understanding of customer goals strategies capabilities organizational structure and the channels in which they operate

Serves as a thought leader and strategic advisor to the Customer Vice President

Plays a proactive role in the Area leadership team helping to define the 3 year strategy and execute on the 1 year plan

Elevates impact of Category Leadership with Area Leadership Team and Cross Functional Partners including but not limited to Business Unit Customer Business Development and Insights Team

Superior Leadership

Takes a Leader as Coach approach to managing large team to achieve their full potential and deliver business results; Intentionally develops team members creating an environment where all careers grow according to our talents ambitions and capabilities which is achieved through courageous conversations and authentic connection with our people at an individual level

Leads Team Engagement progress YoY to be on par or better with the industry benchmark

Plays leadership role with Customer Development Organization to drive best practice sharing and serves as a culture cultivator

Partners externally with strategic partners to propel peoples learning and growth find innovative ways to drive category growth and live into our value of continuous improvement

Proactively builds future talent pipeline internally and externally as we aspire to be a talent magnet for KHC

Serves as a strategic advisor to the Customer Business Teams on category brand and customer market performance to maximize category growth opportunities

Operates as a thought leadership partner to identify opportunities and risks and can build offensive and defensive plans

Effectively facilitates cross functional partners to win in retail with the Perfect Path 2 Purchase KPI comprised of Distribution Shelf and Innovation

Data & Technology Capabilities

Maximize usage of current data capabilities to create a competitive advantage for category growth rooted in deep shopper insights

Lean into learner for life mentality to ensure Category Leadership LT is informed on the upcoming/latest new technologies that can advance KHC and our categories

Manages Market Research budget for retailer specific data and maximizes ROI YoY

Technical expertise with large data management

Expected Experience & Required Skills

Proven track record of leading and transforming teams

Experience in CPG industry and experience preferred in Category Leadership/Management

Experience in big data/shopper card data systems & harness into compelling stories

Proven ability to created and implemented business strategy

Experience crafting compelling shoppercentric category focused stories that win with retailers

Mastery of financial and business acumen to develop strategy and solutions which produce desired business results

Work Environment & Schedule

This position is considered an inoffice role with hybrid flexibility 3 days inoffice 2 days work from home if desired). Additionally this role requires work a salaried exempt schedule to best execute against customer and internal expectations.

Physical Requirements

Travel up to 10 of time.

This job description is not designed to cover or contain all duties or responsibilities that are required of the role. Duties or responsibilities may change or be added with or without notice.

Our Total Rewards philosophy is to provide a meaningful and flexible spectrum of programs that equitably support our diverse workforce and their families and complement Kraft Heinz strategy and values.

New Hire Base Salary Range:

Bonus: This position is eligible for a performancebased bonus as provided by the plan terms and governing documents.

The compensation offered will take into account internal equity and may vary depending on the candidates geographic region jobrelated knowledge skills and experience among other factors

Benefits: Coverage for employees (and their eligible dependents) through affordable access to healthcare protection and savingfor the future we offer plans tailored to meet you and your familys needs. Coveragefor benefits will be in accordance with the terms and conditions of the applicable plans and associated governing plan documents.

Wellbeing: We offer events resources and learning opportunities that inspire aphysical social emotional and financial wellbeing lifestyle for our employees and their families.

Youll be able to participate in a variety of benefits and wellbeing programs that may vary by role country region union status and other employment status factors for example:

• Physical Medical Prescription Drug Dental Vision Screenings/Assessments

• Social Paid Time Off Company Holidays Leave of Absence Flexible Work Arrangements Recognition Training

• Emotional Employee Assistance Program Wellbeing Programs Family Support Programs

• Financial 401kLife Accidental Death & Dismemberment Disability

Location(s)

Kraft Heinz is an Equal Opportunity Employer Underrepresented Ethnic Minority Groups/Women/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity and other protected classes.In order to ensure reasonable accommodation for protected individuals applicants that require accommodation in the job application process may contact for assistance.